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J. .BENDER. FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.

No. 400,731. Patented Apr. 2, 1889 N. PEIER$ Phalo-Lhhomr. Walhingum RC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS BENDER, OF MANLIUS, NEl/V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ANN JENNETT 1 BENDER, OF SAME PLACE.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 400,731, dated April 2, 1889.

Application filed July 14, 1888. Serial No. 279,977. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JULIUS BENDER, of Manlius, 1n the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Distributers of Fertilizers, Bans-Green, &c., of which the following, taken n connection with the accompanying drawings, 1s a full, clear, and exact description.

TlllS invention consists in a novel and simple organization of a machine designed for sprinkling over plants paris-green or other lnsectedestroying substances, and also adapted for distributing fertilizers over the soil, as hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings,-Figure 1 is aside elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the same, minus portions broken away to better illustrate certain details of the machine. Fig. 3 1s a vertical transverse section on line a" 00, Fig. 2, showing the central portion and one slde of the machine; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the traction-wheel with the gears connected thereto and the pinions meshing with said gears.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the main frame of the machine, the form of which frame varies according to the size and capacity of the machine desired. As illustrated in the annexed drawings, it is of the form of a wheelbarrow, and the single central wheel, B, has its tread provided with transverse ribs to utilize the traction thereof. Across the frame A, back of the traction-wheel B, is firmly secured a plate, A, which projects at opposite sides of the frame A, and has each of its end portions formed with parallel longitudinal arms a a, between'which is seated a hopper, O, and in order to allow the two hoppers to be adjusted to the requisite distance apart to bring them over two rows of plants I render said hoppers adjustable longitudinally on the arms a a by providing the latter with longitudinal slots i 1;, for the reception of the bolts j j, by which the hoppers are secured to the said arms.

said hoppers is arranged a horizontal reciprocatlng sieve, h, which receives motion from Under each of.

the traction-wheel B by the following mechanism: At opposite sides of the tractionwheel are two gear-wheels, b b, which are rigidly attached to either the axle of the traction-wheel or to the latter wheel, as shown, so as to compel them to rotate in unison. At opposite sides of the traction-wheel are also two counter-shafts, c 0, parallel with the axle of the traction-wheel and journaled in suitable boxes on the frame A. To the inner ends of the counter-shafts are attached pinions cl (1, which mesh, respectively, with the two gears 11 b. To the opposite or outer ends of the counter-shafts are secured cranks e e, and to the frame A are pivoted two two-armed levers Z Z, each of which has one arm connected with one of the cranks e by a pitman, f. The other arms of the levers ll are connected, respectively, with the two sieves h h.

When the machine is in operation, the traction-wheel B imparts rotary motion to the counter-shafts c c, and this motion is converted into reciprocating motion and transmitted to the sieves by the cranks e e and levers Z l and their connections.

By depositing pulverized fertilizers or parisgreen or any other desired substance into the hoppers C C said substance becomes distributed or sprinkled over the ground, or simultaneously over two rows of plants at opposite sides of the machine, and thisis accomplished in a most convenient, expeditious, and thorough manner by a simple and comparatively inexpensive machine.

Having described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with the frame A, traction-wheel B, and hopper O, the reciprocating sieve a under the hopper, the gear I), rotating with the traction-wheel, the counter-shafts c, pinion d on one end of said shaft, meshing with the aforesaid gear, the crank e on the opposite end of said shaft, and the pitman f, transmitting motion from the said crank to the sieve, as set forth. 7

2. In combination with the frame A and traction-wheel B, the hoppers O 0, carried on opposite sides of said frame, the reciprocating sieves a a under said hoppers, the gears 12b on opposite sides of the traction-wheel,

on one end of the counter-shafts, meshing with the counter-shafts c c, pinions (Z (Z on one the gears, cranks e c on the opposite end of the end of said shafts, meshing, respectively, with the two gears aforesaid, cranks e e on the opposite end of the shafts, and two two-armed levers, Z Z, each connected with one of the cranks and one of the sieves, substantially as described and shown.

In combination with the frame A and traction-Wheel B, the arms a a, extendin laterally from opposite sides of the frame, the hoppers C 0, connected to said arms adjustably longitudinally thereon, the sieves (L a, arranged movably horizontally under the hoppers, gears b b on opposite sides of the traction-wheel, counter-shafts c 0, parallel with the axle of said tractionavheel, pinions (Z (Z l I l I i I c0unter-shafts, two two-armed levers, Z Z, pivoted to the frame and each having one of its arms connected with one of the sieves, and pitmen f f, connecting the said levers with the cranks, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 30th day of June, 1888.

JULIUS BENDER. [1; s]

\Vitnesses:

0. 1'1. DUELL, MARK W. DEWEY. 

